The capital city of the Sudan, the largest African nation, is Khartoum, a name that means elephant's trunk. Khartoum lies just south of the junction of the Blue Nile and the White Nile rivers (seeNile River). The city has bridge connections with its sister towns, which are Khartoum North and Omdurman. As the country's seat of government and higher education and the center

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